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1 當烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯、希西家作猶大王的時候,亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得默示,論到猶大和耶路撒冷。
[I am] Isaiah, the son of Amoz. [Yahweh showed me] visions about Jerusalem and [all the other places in] Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah.
2 天哪,要聽!地啊,側耳而聽! 因為耶和華說: 我養育兒女,將他們養大, 他們竟悖逆我。
This is what Yahweh says: “All you [angels in] [APO] heaven and [all you people on] [APO] earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of [DOU] have rebelled against me.
3 牛認識主人, 驢認識主人的槽, 以色列卻不認識; 我的民卻不留意。
Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know [me]; they do not realize [that I am the one who takes care of them].”
4 嗐!犯罪的國民, 擔着罪孽的百姓; 行惡的種類, 敗壞的兒女! 他們離棄耶和華, 藐視以色列的聖者, 與他生疏,往後退步。
Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have (abandoned/turned away from) him.
5 你們為甚麼屢次悖逆, 還要受責打嗎? 你們已經滿頭疼痛, 全心發昏。
Why do you [RHQ] continue to [do things for which] you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? [You are like] [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.
6 從腳掌到頭頂, 沒有一處完全的, 盡是傷口、青腫,與新打的傷痕, 都沒有收口,沒有纏裹, 也沒有用膏滋潤。
[It is as though] [MET] from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the [tops of your] heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no [olive] oil has been put on them [to heal them].
7 你們的地土已經荒涼; 你們的城邑被火焚毀。 你們的田地在你們眼前為外邦人所侵吞, 既被外邦人傾覆就成為荒涼。
[It is as though] your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything [that they see].
8 僅存錫安城, 好像葡萄園的草棚, 瓜田的茅屋, 被圍困的城邑。
The city of Jerusalem has [already] been abandoned, it is like [SIM] a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like [SIM] a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it.
9 若不是萬軍之耶和華給我們稍留餘種, 我們早已像所多瑪、蛾摩拉的樣子了。
If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us [his people] to (survive/remain alive), we would have [all] been [destroyed], like [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah [were destroyed].
10 你們這所多瑪的官長啊, 要聽耶和華的話! 你們這蛾摩拉的百姓啊, 要側耳聽我們上帝的訓誨!
You [leaders of Judah are as wicked as] the rulers of Sodom were, and you [other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as] the people in Gomorrah [were]. Listen to this message from Yahweh, [all of you]!
11 耶和華說: 你們所獻的許多祭物與我何益呢? 公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂油, 我已經夠了; 公牛的血,羊羔的血,公山羊的血, 我都不喜悅。
He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not [RHQ] want them [because you do not worship me sincerely]! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned [on the altar], [but] I (am tired/do not want any more) of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that [the priest] pours [against the altar].
12 你們來朝見我, 誰向你們討這些, 使你們踐踏我的院宇呢?
When you come to my temple to worship me, no one [RHQ] told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals.
13 你們不要再獻虛浮的供物。 香品是我所憎惡的; 月朔和安息日,並宣召的大會, 也是我所憎惡的; 作罪孽,又守嚴肅會, 我也不能容忍。
Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless [to me]; I am disgusted with the incense that [the priests burn]. And [your feasts to celebrate] the new moon [each month] and your (Sabbath [days]/days of rest) and your [other] festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things [that you do].
14 你們的月朔和節期,我心裏恨惡, 我都以為麻煩; 我擔當,便不耐煩。
I [SYN] hate [all] your celebrations of each new moon and the [other] festivals that you celebrate each year. They are [like] [MET] a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying.
15 你們舉手禱告,我必遮眼不看; 就是你們多多地祈禱,我也不聽。 你們的手都滿了殺人的血。
[So], when you lift up your hands when you pray [to me], I will not [even] look at you. Even if you pray [to me very] frequently, I will not listen [to you], [because it is as though] your hands are covered with the blood [of people whom you have killed].
16 你們要洗濯、自潔, 從我眼前除掉你們的惡行, 要止住作惡,
Cleanse your inner beings, and become [spiritually] clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong!
17 學習行善, 尋求公平, 解救受欺壓的; 給孤兒伸冤, 為寡婦辨屈。
Learn to do [things that are] good! [Try to] cause people to do what is just. Help people who are (oppressed/treated cruelly). Defend orphans and widows [when people take them to court].”
18 耶和華說: 你們來,我們彼此辯論。 你們的罪雖像硃紅,必變成雪白; 雖紅如丹顏,必白如羊毛。
Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though [the guilt of] your sins be [as evident and as difficult to get rid of] as [SIM] red [stains on a white garment] [DOU], [I will get rid of them completely] [like someone who can make that stained garment] become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
19 你們若甘心聽從, 必吃地上的美物,
If you are willing to obey [me], [I will enable] you to have plenty to eat.
20 若不聽從,反倒悖逆, 必被刀劍吞滅。 這是耶和華親口說的。
But, if you turn away [from me and] rebel against me, you will be killed [by your enemies’] swords. [That will surely happen, because I, ] Yahweh, have said it.”
21 可歎,忠信的城變為妓女! 從前充滿了公平, 公義居在其中, 現今卻有兇手居住。
“[You people of Jerusalem previously] faithfully [worshiped only] me, but now you have become like [MET] prostitutes [who are not faithful to any husband]. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city [is full of] murderers.
22 你的銀子變為渣滓; 你的酒用水攙對。
Previously, you were [like] [MET] pure silver, but now you have become [like] [MET] the scum that is left [when silver is purified]. Previously you were [like pure] wine, but you have become [like] [MET] wine that has [a lot of] water mixed with it.
23 你的官長居心悖逆, 與盜賊作伴, 各都喜愛賄賂, 追求贓私。 他們不為孤兒伸冤; 寡婦的案件也不得呈到他們面前。
Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts [in order that they do good things for them]. They do not defend orphans [in court], and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive.
24 因此,主-萬軍之耶和華、 以色列的大能者說: 哎!我要向我的對頭雪恨, 向我的敵人報仇。
Therefore [I, ] the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.
25 我必反手加在你身上, 煉盡你的渣滓, 除淨你的雜質。
I will raise my fist to strike you. I will [punish you severely] [MET], as though [MET] you were silver [and I needed to heat you very greatly to] melt you and get rid of the impurities.
26 我也必復還你的審判官,像起初一樣, 復還你的謀士,像起先一般。 然後,你必稱為公義之城, 忠信之邑。
[After that happens, ] I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have [wise] counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people [act] righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'”
27 錫安必因公平得蒙救贖; 其中歸正的人必因公義得蒙救贖。
Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent [will be saved] because of [their acting] righteously.
28 但悖逆的和犯罪的必一同敗亡; 離棄耶和華的必致消滅。
But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear.
29 那等人必因你們所喜愛的橡樹抱愧; 你們必因所選擇的園子蒙羞。
You will be ashamed because [you worshiped] idols under the oak trees [that you considered to be] sacred; you will be disgraced because [you worshiped idols] in the gardens where you chose [to worship them].
30 因為,你們必如葉子枯乾的橡樹, 好像無水澆灌的園子。
You will be like [SIM] a very large tree which has withered leaves, like [SIM] a garden that [is dried up because] it has no water.
31 有權勢的必如麻瓤; 他的工作好像火星, 都要一同焚毀,無人撲滅。
Those among you who are [very] strong will become [like] [MET] dry wood, and the work they do will be [like] [MET] a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire.

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